Calendar stand



Patented Mar. 25}, 1924.

* ITE. SJAZES,

name a. lYIAcINTYRE, or RYE,

NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO DEFIANGE SALES CORPORA- TION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CA NDAR srenp.

Application filed October 6, 1923. Serial No. 656,320.

To all whom it may concern: 1

t kno n t a I, Ea MAQINTYRE, a c n f the Unit d S at and a res dent of Rye, New York, have invented oer tain new and useful Improvements in Cal-v endar Stands, of which the following is a sn ificat on- The present invention relates to improveen s in t onstruc a ands o s p.- porting loose leaves such as used on calendar pads and the like.

Stands of the same general character have been heretofore made of cast iron and have been provided with arched members for holding the leaves in place. Such arched members have been secured to the stands by movahlelocking devices such as a pivoted lever arranged to engage a kerf in the arch and in some cases the arch has been secured at another point by a lever which engages a horizontal portion of the arch. Cast iron stands are comparatively heavy and cannot be conveniently given a smooth finish. without machining or polishing and are not well adapted for desk use because (If their somewhat crude and cumbersome appearance The locking devices heretofore to line precision and it was therefore frequently extremely troublesome to engage or disengage the arch from the stand when it was desired to renew the loose leaves on the calendar. .or pad. My improved stand is formedofsheet metal which can be rolled so as to have a very smooth surface and which permits forming a stand of. ample strength yet of much lighter weight than acast ironstand of similar dimensions.

The provision of means for holding the archin place .on a sheet metal stand :however -;presents problems not encountered in designing holding means for arches used on cast iron plates, one such problembeing the provision of means for preventing the arch from wabbling that is frompartale .ing of oscillatory movement. My improved stand provided with means for .detaehably securing the arch to the stand witln out the use of movablemechanical devices and is also designed so that the arch when secured in place will not have anyappreciable oscillatory movement with respect to the base. I

Anembodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of a calendar stand with a portion of the calendar leaves broker a e a t uppe Par Qfthe r e on d 0..

is- 2 is tiva s t on 9 ne 2 of 'F s- Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section on'line 3-:3 of Fig. 2.

Referring in detail'to the drawing the stand comprises a base indicated generally by numeral 10 which is formed of an upper leaf supporting portion 12 side flanges 1st and 16 and a. rear flange 18 having; integral curved bearing feet 20 which are curved or crowned as at 22 to present a smooth non-scratching surface to the support on which the stand rests. The for.- ward edge of the portion 12 of the base is bent upwardly as shown in Fig. 3 to present a curved contact surface 24: to the desk or other support on which the. stand is used.

An arch indicated generally by a numeral is adapted to be sprung into and out of engagement with the base and this arch consists of uprights 32 and 3a which are united by a bridge portion 35 and uprights .38 and which are continuations of the uprights 32 and 341 respectively.

The arch 30 is preferably made of a continuous rod of resilient material and is adapted to support the loose leaves 42 of the calendar or pad on either the right or left-hand side of the base. When used as a calendar the leaves are lifted and turned over thecurved portion of the arch at regular time intervals.

The lower or free ends of the uprights 38 and lt are notched as at 4A and 46 for engagement with the edges 4-8 and 50 of perfdrations 52 and .lformed in the walls 56 or the member 5 8 which is spot-welded or otherwisesecured as at 60 to the underside of the portion 12 of the base. The uprigl'its 38 and a0 pass through perforations 62 and 64; formed in the top portion 12 of the base, these perforations being of substantially elliptical shape to form an elongated slot to permit the uprights 38 and L0 to be sprung so as to engage the notches so as to disengage from the base. To remove it, it is merely necessary to spring the uprights 38 and 40 slightly to theleft and raise them a trifle the notches M- Land 46 from the edges of the tired member 58 whereupon they can be lifted and then the uprights 32 and84 can be freely moved to the right and then forward a short distance so as to bring the bridge portion 36 clear of the projections 7 f whereuponthe entire arch can be lifted free of the stand. The loose leaves 42 can be removed and others substituted in their stead and then the arch can be secured by inserting the uprights 38 and 40 through the'perforations G2 and 64, the bridge 30 of the arch at the same time being inserted in the opening 68 of the bas and finallythe uprights 3st, 38 and 4.0 being simultaneously or successively snapped in the posit-ion shown.

It will be observed that in Fig. 2 the up rights 38 and 44.0 are each supported near their lower ends at two spaced points namely by contact with the edges of the perforations 62 and 54: in the one instance and the perforations Get and 52 in the other instance. This means of supporting the arch is of importanc when the base is formed of sheet metal because'it prevents the arch from the wabbling which it would do if only supported by the latter passing through a thin wall of metal. By providing the member 58 having. depressed portions 56 spaced away from the underside of the base the arch is supported at two elevations and therefore is prevented from oscillating or rocking in a direction perpendicular to his plane.

The above described arrangement provides an inexpensive yet effective means of securing the arch to the stand and renders unnecessary the provision of any movable locking levers or the like such as employed heretofore in devices of this character. i

Though I have described with great par ticularity of detail the specific embodiment of the invention illustrated it is not to be construed that I am limited thereby as various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

i l. A. device of the class described comprising a base, an arch having all its uprightsqin the same plane, two of said uprights being united by a straight bridge portion'and at least one of said uprights being notched near one end, a lip on the underside of said base extending below Said bridge portion to prevent vertical displacement of the arch; said base having offset notches in juxtaposition to said lip formsaid seats forming a support, a second pair of seats formed by the edges of perforations in said base, a rigid member'secured to'the' umlerside of said base and havingopenings in alignment with said perforations, forming seats spaced away from those formed by the )erf n'ations in the base, and an arch of resilient material adapted'to yieldingly engage the said seats.

A device of the class described comprising a base having a portion cutaway to form a pair of offset seats, a downwardly and forwardly extending lip intermediate said seats forming a support, a. second pair of seats formed by the edges of perforations in said base, a rigid member secured to the underside of said base and having openings in alignment with said perforations forming seats spaced away from those formed by the perforations in the base, and an arch of resilient material having a'plurality of uprights in the same plane two of which are joined by a bridge portion and others of which are notched for engagement with the seats formed on said rigid members.

R l. A device of the class described comprising a pressed metal base, an arch formed ofa resilient rod having four parallel uprights two of which are joined bya straight horizontal bridge portion and at least one of which is notched, a rigid member secured to and spaced from the underside o-f'said base for engagement'with' at least one notched upright of said arch and means formed integral with said base cooperating with said bridge portion and the uprights adjacent thereto for holding the arch against either vertical movement or horizontal movement in a direction transverse to its vertical plane. V V V 5. A device of the class, described comprising a pressed base'of light gauge material havinga portion cut away to form offset seats and a lip intermediate said seats but in a different plan than the latter, an arch adapted to be sprung into and out of engagement With said base and having a plurality of uprights two of which engage said seats and are united by a bridge portion which engages said lip, and a member secured to the underside of said base and having portions spaced away therefrom which ar apertured to receive the ends of said uprights.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

EZRA T. MAQINTYRE. 

